India, May 13 -- Continuing uncertainty surrounding the geopolitical situation in the Middle East as well as concerns about the hotter-than-expected inflation readings from the U.S. weighed on global market sentiment.

Wall Street Futures are trading directionless ahead of President Trump's China visit. Benchmarks in Europe are trading on a mostly positive note. Earlier in the day, Asian markets had finished trading on a mostly positive note.

The 6-currency Dollar Index which measures the U.S. Dollar's strength against a basket of 6 currencies has strengthened. Bond yields mostly hardened.

The two crude oil benchmarks are trading directionless. Gold has rallied close to half a percent. Cryptocurrencies are trading on a mildly positive not...